Thrombotic microangiopathies in bone marrow and organ transplant patients
โ Scribed by Bruce C. McLeod
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 80 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0733-2459
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Bone marrow transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (BMT-TM) ranges in severity from a self-limited to a fatal disorder. There has been no specific therapy for this condition. We have previously described a clinical grading system for BMT-TM, based upon lactate dehydrogenase level (LDH) and
Avascular necrosis of the hips occurred in two patients after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. One had been receiving steroid therapy for prophylaxis of graftversus-host disease, the other for the treatment of this condition. This complication has been reported infrequently, but the incidence